Autocompletions

When you enable autocompletions on your search engine, users will be able to see lists of useful queries as they start typing in your search box. For example, if your CSE contains sites about classical composers and a user types ta into the search box, she might see autocompletions like tallis and taverner".

Where do autocompletions come from?

Google automatically generates autocompletions by analyzing a variety of characteristics of your custom search engine, including the content of the pages it contains.

To activate autocompletions:

On the Control Panel, on the left-hand menu, click Autocompletions.

Select the Enable autocompletions checkbox.

Click Save changes.

Once you enable autocompletions, your users will start to see them within a few hours. If a few hours have passed and you still don't see any autocompletions, try double checking these settings:

Make sure that you've set your preferences to Search only included sites and not Search the entire web and emphasize included sites. (To check your preferences, click Basics on the left-hand side of the Control Panel.) Because the autocompletions we generate depend in part on the specific content of the pages in your custom search engine, Google will not generate autocompletions for search engines that search the entire web.